What is staphylococcus aureus cause?
This bacteria is naturally present on the skin of at least 20% of the population. It causes no trouble until it gets into places that it shouldn’t. If it gets into the lungs it causes chest infection, in cuts, wound infections etc etc. It can also live in the nose of people, again just sitting there. MRSA is a form of staphylococcus aureus that has become resistant to certain antibiotics. There are many forms of this and doctors ought to send swabs etc to labs so they can find out which antibiotics they should use. MRSA can live on skin dust and likes the warm so places like hospitals are great breeding places. And there are ill people with reduced immunity or surgical wounds so perfect for the bacteria to thrive in. The hospitals used to screen staff as well as patients for MRSA and if found the staff was sent home for 48 hours with treatment. However so many staff were sent off it became difficult and expensive to cover them so that is no longer done. Pens are a good way of passing o
